Dumpster diving spot at latitude 40.733399, longitude -73.987878
Rating: good (2016-07-06T20:32:58.331351Z)
Comment: Trader Joe's (142 E 14th St)

A very clandestine waster, you need to be discrete and fast to get this one. They put stuff out on rolling carts all day long, in front of their loading bay closer to 3rd Ave but also in front of their liquor outlet further west. If you're there more than 5 minutes they send some poor employee out to say "I'm moving this cart indoors". One employee says to come at exactly 10pm, everyone's too busy with closing to worry about moving the garbage back indoors. So why bother? Because when it's good it's really good -- think mountains of citrus, nut butters, tofu products, cookies and cereals in perfect condition, cases of prepared foods with one container damaged; one time a 10-pound bar of dark chocolate in pristine condition. Some divers advocate a "grab-n-go" approach to the bags -- anything heavy is worth taking to sort thru elsewhere.